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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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Celtic Prayers and Incantations

Celtic Prayers and Incantations


by Alexander Carmichael

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 142 PAGES

An authoritative edition of poems and blessings as collected by folklorist Alexander Carmichael (1832 - 1912) over 40 years, when Gaelic was still widely spoken in the Skye, Uist, Oban and other islands of the Hebrides. (CLT4, $7.95)

Companion Guide Edinburgh and the Borders Country

Companion Guide Edinburgh and the Borders Country


by A.J. Youngson

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 420 PAGES

A comprehensive introduction to the history, culture and architecture of Edinburgh. (SCT19, $34.95)

Knopf Mapguide Edinburgh

Knopf Mapguide Edinburgh


by Knopf Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 48 PAGES

A handy set of full color, ingeniously folded maps, each indicating favorite sites, shops, restaurants and attractions. (SCT105, $9.95)

Orkneyinga Saga, The History of the Earls of Orkney

Orkneyinga Saga, The History of the Earls of Orkney


by Hermann Palssom | Paul Edwards

  • LITERATURE
  • 1981
  • PAPER
  • 253 PAGES

A fusion of myth and legend, circa A.D. 1200, by an unnamed Icelandic author. The medieval chronicle has its center of action among the Orkney Islands, describing their conquest by Norwegian kings during the Viking expansion of the ninth century. (VIK07, $16.00)

Queen of Scots, The True Life of Mary Stuart

Queen of Scots, The True Life of Mary Stuart


by John Guy

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 608 PAGES

This major revisionist biography of the much-maligned monarch by British historian and Cambridge fellow John Guy won the 2004 Whitbread Award. (SCT82, $16.95)

Rough Guide Scotland

Rough Guide Scotland


by Rough Guide

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 888 PAGES

A comprehensive guide focusing on where to go and what to do from Dumphries and Edinburgh to Stornoway, Kirkwall and Lerwick. (SCT60, $23.99)

Scotland, The Story of a Nation

Scotland, The Story of a Nation


by Magnus Magnusson

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 752 PAGES

A vivid survey of the history of Scotland, rich in personality and incident, by a master storyteller. (SCT54, $22.50)

The Steel Bonnets

The Steel Bonnets


by George MacDonald Fraser

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

MacDonald Fraser captures the celebrated mayhem, blood and glory of the Anglo-Scottish border raids in rich and entertaining detail. (SCT04, $14.95)

The Steel Bonnets

The Steel Bonnets


by George MacDonald Fraser

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

MacDonald Fraser captures the celebrated mayhem, blood and glory of the Anglo-Scottish border raids in rich and entertaining detail. (SCT04, $14.95)

 

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